Combination cigar-cutter and advertising device



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QOMBINATIDN CIGAR CUTTER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE. (Application mea Apr.24, w97.)

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No. 610,388. Patented sept. s, |898.

H DYKEMANl y COMBINATION CIGAR CUTTER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

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RICHARD DYKEMAN, OF

LoeANsPoRT, INDIANA.

COMBINATION CIGAR-CUTTER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 610,388, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

AApplicant inta April 24, 1897.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD DYKEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinationCigar-Cutter and Advertising Device; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a combination cigar-cutter and advertisingdevice; and it consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same with the front wall removed and thesupporting-base partially in section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the supporting-base. Supportedupon the base is the casin g 3, which is provided with a trans'- parentfront and back. Pivoted at one end Within the casing is the lever v4L,which pro-j jects through t-he end wallthereof and is formed with thecutting-blade 5 upon its under side. Secured to the end Wall of thecasing upon its outer side is the bracket 6, having the cigar-receivingopening 7 formed therein. The en d of the cigar to be clipped isinserted through this opening and the end of the lever 4 depressed, sothat thecuttingblade 5 severs the en'd of the cigar. Pivoted to theouter side of the casing adjacent the lever 4L is the ratchet-wheel 13,the teeth of which are engaged by the hooked end of the dog 14, carriedby the lever, so that when the lever is depressed the wheel is rotated.A spring-pawl l5, secured at one end to the wall of thecasing andengaging the teeth of the ratchet-wheel at its opposite end, serves toprevent the backward movement of said Wheel. Journaled in the upper endof the casing is the roller 16, to one end of which is secured aiiexible belt 17. The opposite end of this flexible belt 17 is securedto the roller 18, carried by the ratchet-wheel'. Upon the flexible beltare a series of caps 19, which are for the purpose of lighting the wick20 of an alcoholic lamp 2l, located upon the top of the Serial No.633,635. (No model.)

casing. Secured at one end to the top of the casing and adapted toengage the caps at its opposite end is a spring igniting From the abovedescription it will be seen that as the levert is depressed the rollercarried by the ratchet-Wheel is rotated and the flexible belt carryingthe caps Wound thereon. Thus the caps are brought in contact With theigniting strip and exploded thereby, effecting the lighting of the lamp.On the opposite end of the top of the casing is a reservoir 23, Vadaptedto contain alcohol, in which is the brush 24. This brush may bewithdrawn and lighted 'from the lamp 2l for the purpose of lighting thecigar.

An advertising device of any kind, as 26, may be attached to the top ofthe casing, as illustrated.

Movable Within the casing is the shelf 27, l

through which loosely passes the rod 28, said rod also loosely passingthrough lever 4, the lower end of the rod being secured to the bottom ofthe casing. Rods 29 are connnected at one end upon opposite sides of theshelf and the opposite ends connected to the lever 4,'so that the shelfand the lever move together. For returning the shelf and lever to normalposition I provide the springs 30, which are secured at one end to theshelf and lever, respectively, the opposite ends of these springs beingsecured to the shoulder 32, formed on the rod 28.

Adapted to' rest upon the shelf are the rings 84. l/Vhen theoperating-lever 4 is depressed to clip the end of the cigar, it is moveddownward against the tension of the spring, carrying with it the shelf,and when it is released the .spring returns it to its normal position,the rebound of the shelf being sufficient to throw the rings upward fromthe same. The object of this part of my invention is to cause the ringsto fall upon the post 28. As an advertisement some small prize may beoeredas, for instance, a cigar-so that should the person operating thedevice `befortunate enough to cause therings to engage the post he willbeoomethe possessor ofthe prize.

From the above description it Will be seen that I have produced acombination cigarcutter and advertising device which when the operationof clipping the cigar is performed The rings are also also ignites thelighter.

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caused to leave the supporting-shelf for the purpose set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a, casing, a lever pivoted at one end therein andprojecting through the same at its opposite end, a cigar-cutter `carriedby the outer end of the lever, a shelf movable within the casing andrings adapted to normally rest upon the shelf, a lighter, an ignitingdevice for the lighter adapted to be operated by the lever, a. postsecured to the easing at one end and projecting :tt-its opposite endthrough the shelf, a means for returning the shelf and lever to theirnormal positions after the lever has been depressed,

the rebound of the shelf throwing the rings

